No injuries reported, investigation continues

REALTIME CLOSED CAPTIONING U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY WE BEGIN AT 5:00 LIVE IN DORAL WHERE A STUDENT BROUGHT A GOWAN SCHOOL TODAY. AND WE KNOW THAT STUDENT IS HOLLAND A FIFTH GRADER. PLAY HE BROUGHT THAT GUN TO JOHN SMITH K-8 CENTER IN DORAL. WE HAVE CRIME SPECIALIST JOHN TURCHIN LIVE THERE WITH MORE. Reporter: THERE'S CERTAINLY LITTLE THAT FRIGHTENS A PARENT MORE THAN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHEN THE STUDENT DOES BRING A GRN TO SCHOOL. THIS WAS THE LAST DATE COOL SCHOOL. A LOT OF PARENTS WERE HERE ON THE CAMPUS FOR PARTIES THAT WERE GOING ON, BUT NONE OF THEM WAS AWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING INSIDE ONE PARTICULAR DRAS ROOM, AND THE REASON BEING -- CLASSROOM AND THE SCHOOL WORK AT QUICKLY AND QUIETLY. REAL FAST AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS, LOCAL10 LEARNED THAT AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY, A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT, BROUGHT A LOADED HANDGUN IN HIS BACKPACK AND MID-MORNING SHOW IT TO ANOTHER STUDENT. THAT STUDENT TOLD THE TEEFN WHO IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE BOY TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WITH THAT BACKPACK AND THE POLICE WERE CALLED. AS SCHOOL LET OUT, I CAN TELL YOU FROM TALKING TO THEM, PARENTS LET OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF. I HEARD ABOUT THE LITTLE BOY. APPARENTLY HE WAS TROUBLE WITH FAMILY. AND YOU FEEL SORRY FOR THIS KID. I'M GLAD NOTHING BAD HAPPENED. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GROUND AND THE GUN INSIDE OF THAT BACKPACK FIRED. NOW, JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO WE SPOKE WITH THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND THEY TOLD US THAT CHANCES ARE THIS BOY WILL BE SUSPENDED AND THAT EXPULSION WILL BE RECOMMENDED. KEEP IN MIND HE'S A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT, AND AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, RAQUEL REGALADO, HAS JUST TOLD US SHE IS HOPING THE PUNISHMENT IS NOT QUITE AS HARSH FOR THIS STUDENT. THE CHILD THAT WAS SHOWN THE WEAPON IMMEDIATELY WENT, TOLD THE TEACHER. THE TEEFN CALLED THE POLICE. HE DIDN'T TAKE THE WEAPON, HE DIDN'T SHOW IT TO ANOTHER CHILD, SO I THINK IT COULD BE A VERY POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY. Reporter: WELL, AT THIS. POINT THAT DETERMINATION IS GOING TO BE MADE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD SOME TIME IN THE NEXT WEEK. WE'LL, OF COURSE, STAY ON TOP OF THIS FOR YOU, BUT THE GOOD NEWS, IF THERE IS ANY HERE, IS HOW QUICKLY THE SCHOOL WORKED, HOW FAST THE TEACHER REACTED, THE PRINCIPAL REACTED. POLICE GOT HERE.

DORAL, Fla. -

An 11-year-old boy brought a loaded gun to a Doral elementary school on Friday, according to the Miami-Dade County School Board.

The school board says another student who saw the gun alerted a teacher who then notified the school's principal.

"I am disheartened by the news that this morning one of our students brought in a firearm to John I. Smith K-8 Center," said school board member Susie Castillo.

Castillo said the boy -- who is a special needs student -- was promptly removed from the school and no other students were harmed.

"This incident highlights the responsibility that we as adults have to maintain firearms out of the reach of children," she added.

According to the Miami-Dade County School's Police Chief, the gun had a trigger lock on it and could not have been fired.

School officials told Local10's John Turchin that the boy will likely be suspended and expulsion will be recommended.

School board member Raquel Regalado, however, said she hoped the punishment is not quite as harsh, considering the boy is a special needs student.

The boy's family is said to be cooperating with the investigation.

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